LETTER: Eastern, W. Mass. mayors help clear the air

Mayors representing both the eastern and western parts of the state recently agreed to a resolution backing the swift implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Tier 3 standards to reduce vehicle pollution.

The Herald News, Fall River, MA

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Posted Jun. 27, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Jun 27, 2013 at 8:49 PM

Posted Jun. 27, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Jun 27, 2013 at 8:49 PM

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Mayors representing both the eastern and western parts of the state recently agreed to a resolution backing the swift implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Tier 3 standards to reduce vehicle pollution.

This is a significant public health win for those most vulnerable among us — children, people with chronic lung diseases like asthma and COPD, as well as people with diabetes and cardiovascular disease whose conditions are worsened by air pollution.

An overwhelming volume of scientific evidence confirms air pollution cuts lives short. Tier 3 is vital to the protection of public health because it promises cleaner and healthier air today.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Cambridge Mayor Henrietta Davis, and Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse joined original sponsor Mayor Michael Bissonnette from Chicopee, and other mayors across the country in support of this measure that will provide the immediate air pollution reduction equivalent of taking 33 million cars off our roadways for about a penny per gallon of gas.

These mayors deserve our immense thanks and praise for stepping up to protect public health.